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ARE YOU FAITHFUL? ARE YOU TRULY A FAITHFUL PERSON TO GOD ? TO YOUR FAMILY ? TO OTHERS ? TO YOUR MINISTRY ? ARE YOU FAITHFUL IN ALL THINGS?

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ARE YOU FAITHFUL?

ARE YOU TRULY A FAITHFUL PERSON

• TO GOD ? • TO YOUR FAMILY ?• TO OTHERS ? • TO YOUR MINISTRY ? • TO YOUR CHURCH ?

ARE YOU FAITHFUL IN ALL THINGS?

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IS GOD FAITHFUL?

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Isaiah 41:10New Living Translation (NLT)10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

1 Corinthians 1:9New King James Version (NKJV)9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Isaiah 43:2-3New King James Version (NKJV)2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,Nor shall the flame scorch you.3 For I am the LORD your God,The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;I gave Egypt for your ransom,Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

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1 Corinthians 10:13New Living Translation (NLT)13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

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TEXT : DEUTERONOMY 7:1-13

1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. 3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.

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5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. 

6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

7 The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 

8 But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

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9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. 10 But those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction; he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.11 Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

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I. THE MEANING OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS VS. 9a“HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD.”

A. The Meaning of God’s Faithfulness Described in His Word1. “Know Therefore.”2. “The Lord Thy God, He is God.” 3. “The Faithful God.” – In relation to all other “false-

gods” which may have existed then or now, GOD CAN BE TRUSTED ABOVE ALL ELSE!

4. “Faithful.”

THE FAITHFULNESS of GodOctober 14, 2012

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New Testament alone - “faithful” and “faithfulness”

56 times in the NET Bible49 in the NASB and 47 in the NIV.

Old Testament 95 times in the NIV and 86 in the NASB.

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George Charles Boldt

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B. The Meaning God’s Faithfulness Described in His Ways1. God will not go against His Word – Isaiah 55:11

(NIV) so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.(NLT)11 It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit.It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

THE FAITHFULNESS of GodOctober 14, 2012

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2. God will not go against His Promises – I Kings 8:56New Living Translation (NLT)56 “Praise the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses.

3. God will not go against His Nature – 2 Timothy 2:13New Living Translation (NLT)13 If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.

THE FAITHFULNESS of GodOctober 14, 2012

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4. God will not go against His People – 1 Samuel 12:22New Living Translation (NLT)22 The LORD will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the LORD to make you his very own people.

THE FAITHFULNESS of GodOctober 14, 2012

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Dr. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

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II. THE MOTIVE OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS VS. 9b“THE FAITHFUL GOD.”

2 Timothy 2:13 – “HE REMAINS FAITHFUL.”A. To Maintain His Glory, GOD IS FAITHFUL!

B. To Maintain His Truthfulness, GOD IS FAITHFUL!

C. To Maintain His Reputation, GOD IS FAITHFUL!

THE FAITHFULNESS of GodOctober 14, 2012

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THE FAITHFULNESS of GodOctober 14, 2012

III. THE MEASURE OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS VS. 9c“KEEPETH COVENANT AND MERCY WITH THEM

THAT LOVE HIM”A. Relative To God’s Character

1. He Keeps His Covenant – GOD’S PROMISES ARE NOT EMPTY!2. He Keeps His Mercy – God has pity upon those who fear Him.

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B. Relative To God’s Children (O.T. Israel or N.T. Church)1. God Is FAITHFUL to them that LOVE Him

a. Those that Put Him First SACRIFICIALLY above all things.b. Those that Put themselves Last SACRIFICIALLY behind God

2. God Is Faithful to them that OBEY Him – Joshua 1:83.God is Faithful to them that DISOBEY – Deuteronomy 28:15-28 lines up the fearful curses that was due Israel due to the nation’s disobedience. If you read on, God did carry out the curses. He didn’t hold back.

Lamenations 3:21-25

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Robert Moffat

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Do You Commit to be Faithful ?

DO YOU WANT TO BE A FAITHFUL

• To GOD ? • To Your FAMILY• To OTHERS ? • To Your MINISTRY ? • To Your CHURCH ?

DO YOU COMMIT TO BE FAITHFUL IN ALL THINGS?

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Just like God promised the Israelites, if you work on getting rid of all these blockages that keep you from being faithful, v. 13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

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WE CAN DEPEND UPON GOD AT ALL TIMES, SO LET’S NOT DEPEND

UPON ANY OTHER!